Asian stock markets started Monday's trade with a steep fall in oil prices. In Japan, the benchmark Nikki 225 index crashed 6.1%, while in Australia, the ASX 200 dropped nearly 6% in early trade.

The UN Security Council condemned the attack on Kabul by calling it a brutal and cowardly in Afghanistan's capital Kabul.-News Xinhua More than 60 people have lost their lives in the attack. The Security

Three of the judges called the controversial practice "unIslamic, arbitrary and unconstitutional". One of the judges, Justice Kurien Joseph, said the practice was not an essential part of Islam